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Bromsgrove District Dialogue 9 th September 2013 Developing 0-19 early help service arrangements www.worcestershire.gov.uk/earlyhelp. Aims of session. Key Messages Community Profile Outcomes Framework Procurement Process Q&A. Early Help – what does it mean?.

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  1. Bromsgrove District Dialogue 9th September 2013 Developing 0-19 early help service arrangementswww.worcestershire.gov.uk/earlyhelp

  2. Aims of session • Key Messages • Community Profile • Outcomes Framework • Procurement Process • Q&A

  3. Early Help – what does it mean? Some families experience difficulties which, if identified and nipped in the bud, can be prevented from escalating. Early Help gives families the opportunity to regain control of their circumstances without state support, or more formal 'interventions' such as Social Care. If 'Early Help’ is not available, this can, in the worst cases, result in children's social and emotional development being irreparably impaired and lead to family breakdown.

  4. Strategic Vision • The strategic vision is to have services which are: • Locally responsive • Targeted on clearly identified need • Integrated to ensure a continuum (or pathway) of support for families with children aged 0 to 19 • Empowering families to take responsibility • Focused on clearly demonstrating an impact on outcomes.

  5. Early Help Outcomes - What will success look like • Ensure all children and young people are protected from harm and neglect and have the opportunity to grow up in stable and secure families • Ensure children and young people fulfil their potential and maximise their contribution to the economy when they become adults • Ensure children and young people take positive lifestyle choices • Promote a community response to local need

  6. Community Profile

  7. Questions from other Profiles • CAF initiators and lead professionals • This information is not available at this point • NEETs from workless households • No information is held about the employment status of parents

  8. Soft Intelligence • Ethnic Diversity

  9. Soft intelligence continued: • Rise in the local migrant worker population, because people who previously were only able to come to the UK under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme are now able to come to the UK freely • Farmers and growers continue to try and recruit people via the job centre but are still unable to find indigenous people willing to do the work • Restrictions on migrant workers from Romania and Bulgaria will lift in January 2014. Anticipated increase due in the UK. GPs in Bulgaria are known to be promoting the UK to larger families, those with health needs and children with disabilities • Unsure how this will affect Bromsgrove – mainly more rural districts

  10. Soft intelligence continued: Worcestershire’s Viewpoint Survey November 2012, showed a general satisfaction with the local area of 80% for residents of Bromsgrove where Malvern Hills and Wychavon showed the highest levels of satisfaction with 90% When asked what the top 5 most important things were in making somewhere a good place to live, residents of Bromsgrove stated: • Level of crime • Health services • Education services • Affordable decent housing • Clean streets

  11. Soft intelligence continued: The top 5 things that needed improving were described as: • Road/pavement repairs • Public transport • Activities for teenagers • Shopping facilities • Job prospects

  12. Schools In discussions the schools said their main concerns were - • Lack of aspiration • Some treat high schools as if they were independent schools • Schools are ‘least of their worries’ for parents • Hidden concerns – outside schools not inside it • Drug and substance misuse on the increase – particularly cannabis and associated symptoms

  13. Soft intelligence continued: • Schools have described the growing numbers of children coming to school who: • have infrequent/no breakfasts, • are often ill-clad for the cold weather, • have growing cleanliness issues as they are washing less, and • bring sandwiches as they cannot afford school meals • ‘Working poor’ issue

  14. Soft intelligence continued: Early Intervention Family Support (EIFS): 72 requests which resulted in 51 children and families supported Main reasons for requests for the service in the county: • Behaviour in the home and community and • Parenting and relationship difficulties at home What is needed: • Families say – more EIFS • More opportunities for children outside school

  15. Soft intelligence continued: EIFS continued The requests for service for Bromsgrove came from the following sources: • Schools (62%) • Family (10%) • School nurse (1%) • GP/Paediatrician (11%) • Children’s Centre (2%) • CAMHS (7%) • Social Care (3%) • Family Information Service (1%) • Other (2%)

  16. Reasons for referral are: • Behaviour home and community (23%) • Relationship difficulty – home (18%) • Parenting (16%) • Behaviour – school (12%) • Child development (10%) • Relationship difficulty – school (9%) • Attendance – 4% • Mental health issues – 4% • Domestic Abuse – 1% • Drug misuse – 1% • Exclusions – 1% • Housing and benefits – 1% The average age of children receiving support across Bromsgrove is 9 years old

  17. Soft intelligence continued: • Deeper underlying needs: • Financial difficulties • Relationships – domestic violence • Housing • Parents with learning difficulties • Barriers between parents and the school/services • Eviction and housing difficulties • Relationship difficulties • Lack of additional services so often put to EIFS

  18. Soft intelligence continued: • Concerns about increased levels of poverty and higher numbers of crimes occurring • Young children barely toilet trained with more challenging behaviour • Many children lacking basic social skills • Some children unable to eat with knife and fork • Older children demonstrating anxiety around transition to school

  19. Soft intelligence continued: • Families/adults taking a long time to trust professionals – trust has to be earned. Families like and get to know one particular worker – not keen to be handed onto someone else • Big fear of having children taken off them • Families who have shared parental rights and extended families with caring rights but services not really geared to this style of family • Concerns about when Universal Credit comes in and the impact on families • Bedroom tax fears • Anticipated real increase in working homeless with knock-on effects for those with families

  20. Soft intelligence continued Providers have noticed increased requests for: • Debt counselling and financial support • Support for children and young people themselves • Packages of support focusing on parents’ self-esteem and self-worth whilst helping with parenting skills • IT support to enable families on benefit to be able to get online and manage their accounts • Relationship counselling or other alternatives (Often many requests for this, yet couples often miss appointments)

  21. Outcomes Framework

  22. Low LAC numbers: 56% abuse & neglect; 23% 0-4 yrs, 43% 10-15 yrs Family dysfunction; 67% aged 10+

  23. 12% of CPPs in county: neglect and emotional abuse primary reasons; neglect and sexual abuse lower than county average 22.7% of children with CPPs come off plan to go back on again – 14.1% in county

  24. Slightly more CAFs for 10-14 and a lower percentage other age groups

  25. 13% of children in Bromsgrove district do not meet expected thresholds for EYFS

  26. Receptive language improving – EYFS Language for Comm & Thinking

  27. 12% of children did not meet expected thresholds for English & Maths. 46.8% of the children who did not reach levels lived in top 10 LSOAs

  28. Main reasons: MLD lower than county; higher % with SLD Highest levels in SPLD (23%), SLCN (19%) and BESD(18%)

  29. 12% fixed term exclusions in county; permanent exclusions <7

  30. Exclusions Continued: Fixed term: • Physical assault against pupil 28% • Persistent disruptive behaviour 25% • Verbal abuse against adult 20% Reason recorded as physical assault against a pupil is slightly higher than the county Permanent exclusions: • Physical assault against pupil 50% • Persistent disruptive behaviour 50% Numbers very small – 58 for county, <6 for the district

  31. Over 53% of NEETs live in top 10 LSOAs

  32. Arson/criminal damage 24%; Violence 24%; Drugs 19% 49 community resolutions; 16 police reprimands Arson/criminal damage offences committed by first time entrants is higher at 24% than the county average of 12%. Theft/fraud is significantly lower than the county average at 0% compared to 20% for the county

  33. 321 pupils who were persistent absentees from about 270families. Approximately 60 families with >1 child who was a persistent absentee

  34. Tender Pack - Contents • Background • Outcomes • Indicators/targets • Service required • Service requirements • Service user involvement • Service length • Resource allocation

  35. Tender Pack – Contents Cont. • Child centred pathway and holistic assessment • Workforce expectations • Data monitoring/information sharing • Contract review process • Relationship with local governance arrangements • Standard clauses – for inclusion within the contract • Current service • Community Profile • Budget Management • Equality Impact Assessment

  36. Procurement Process • Register on the portal – http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/etendering/ • Tender opportunity advertised on the portal 27th September 2013 • Provider purdah – no conversations with providers once its on the portal

  37. Tender timelines

  38. What should you do now? • If you have questions you would like answering or/and commercially sensitive information you would like to share with us • Confidential 121 meetings are available please email us on – earlyhelp@worcestershire.gov.uk

  39. Website

  40. In the light of the recent Comprehensive Spending Review announcements is the amount of money allocated to Early Help Contracts likely to be reduced? WCC is currently preparing options for managing the impact of recent CSR announcements for discussion at a Corporate Strategy Planning sessions week commencing 16th September.  The latest financial forecast is that the savings target will continue to rise due to both the anticipated budget challenges within the council and also those external to it that have a direct effect, such as the Council Tax freeze grant.  It is likely that the Early Help budgets will be affected by the need to realize further savings and contract values for each of the six district will decrease over the life time of the contract.  Early Help Providers will be made aware of any changes at the earliest possible stage. 

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